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Manlin Zhou
CONTACT 549039906@qq.com Mzhou19941210@gmail.com +447738018720 +8617621751251 15 SUMMER ST, Sheffield S3 7NS 103-13, Jinjiangwenhua, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Education Background Sep 2018- June 2019 University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK MLA Landscape Architecture Sept 2014 – June 2017 University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK BA (Hons) Landscape 2:1
Working Experience 2017 August - 2018 June Landscape Assistant Kuanghe International Architecture Studio 2016 July-August Landscape Assistant Hua Hui Architecture Ltd Zhejiang, China
Relevant Skill Photoshop Illustration Indesign AutoCAD Sketch Up Lumion Rhino
Content Urban Design
Rivitalising Historic Shanghai
Urban Design
Contemporary Artistic Hub
Intergrated Urba
an Design Project
Urban forest
Sustainable Housing
Vibrant Village
Intern Work
Urban Design University of Sheffield 2018-2019
Revitalising Historic Shanghai
This project is based in the ‘Tilanqiao historical area’ in the North Bund area, central Shanghai, alongside the Huangpu River. In addition, Tilanqiao area has rich historical heritage. It was the home of Jewish refugees during the Second World War. After the founding of China, Jews left Shanghai and local people lived in it until now. It is now called 'Shanghai Li-long residential housing'. Tilanqiao historical area has experienced the development of Shanghai. It contains the transition between historical and modern, common and extraordinary. It became the symbol of Shanghai. In recent years, the riverside area has undergone urban regeneration. However, the site has a lack of cultural connection with the wider context, it was ignored. Therefore, my vision is to revitalise historic Shanghai feeling in Tilanqiao area.
economic heart of China
Shanghai
Centre of Shanghai
3.53 km riverbank
North Bund 366 hectares
Hongkou District Central district
Tilanqiao Historical area
Existing Land Use Map Public services Li-long Residential area
100M
Residential with groundfloor small shops Commercial area Educational area Existing Green space Religious area Protected Street
Elderly people
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Worker
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Self-shop owner Local residents Student Visitors/ Tourists Commuter Children Cyclist
Site Photos 1
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Listed buildings (Residential area)
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Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
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Courtyard activity space
Protected street
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Infrastructure
Car park
Aims
Preserving historic heritage
Encouraging access
Enhancing the connection to the wider area
Revitalising local culture
Improving local environment
Circulation Strategy
Movement Strategy
Outer Minor Road
Inner Minor Road
Outer Main Road
Inner Main Road
Metro station
Access
Water Strategy
Artificial Pond
Minor Pedestrian
Outer water moving direction
Main Pedestrain
Inner water moving direction Green Space
Historical featured Pedestrain
Vegetation Strategy
Material Strategy
Platanus Ă— acerifolia
Betula nigra
Pale grey wide granite slab paving
Platanus Tree lined street Tree canopy group
Mixed dark and pale grey granite setts paving
Riverside walk green space
Dark grey frosted granite slab paving
Courtyard with perenniels Wider green space
Granite setts paving
Frosted Granite slab paving
Bituminous surfacing street
Pale brown Concrete blocks paving
Tumbled blue limestone brickshaped paving
Permeable brick paving
Resin bound gravel paving
Bituminous surfacing street with kerbs
Sustainable Car park Pocket park
Pale grey granite slab paving
Quercus rubra
Prunus cerasifera
Pale brown Concrete blocks paving Tumbled grey stone brick paving Permeable brick paving & Pale yellow resin bound gravel
Typology Strategy Type A
Type B
Type A: Street Side Space Type B: Historical Featured Space
Type C
Type C: Courtyard Space Type D: Open Green Space Type E: Car Park Space Wider Green Space
Type D Commercial Space
Educational Space
Green Space Social Space Sheltered Space
Play Space Parking Space
Type E
Typology A: Street side Space
Street side
To Riverside area
Typology B: Historic featured Space
Stonegate Entrance
Historic Street
Typology C: Courtyard
Courtyard
Typology D: Open Green Space
Open Green Space
Typology E: Car park
Car park
Type of potential space ⬀㈀洀
Existing Tree
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Proposed Tree Proposed ornamental Tree Existing green space
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Proposed green area
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Proposed open green space Chinese blue limestone paving historic street
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Granite set paving courtyard
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Resin bound gravel paving car park Granite slab paving Street side pedestrian Bituminous surfacing street
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Plastic runway
Chinese blue lime
estone paving pedestrian
In-situ concrete steps Typology A
Chinese blue limestone paving pedestrian
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Tarmac Main Road
ric Street
Tumbled blue lime stone brick shaped paving pedestrian
Tarmac Main Road
Permeable brick paving pedestrian
Planting Plan
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Rain garden and drainage details
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Scale: 1:10
Pedestrain paving details Scale: 1:5
200*50*50mm Chinese blue limestone brick-shaped paving, herringbone pattern, lightly tumbled to give an aged edge and surface. ɸ
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Shared space paving and edging details Scale: 1:10
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50mm double shredd hardwood Mulch
Bioretention soil media
100mmφ Big ‘O’ weeper tile ensure positive drainage to outfall
50mm double shredd hardwood Mulch
Compacted 50mmφ Clear stone
100mm of 10mm to 15mm pea gravel
Bioretention soil media
Subgrade Bioretention soil Hardcore
750 mm Flat profile at grade
C20 In-situ concrete
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Mulch
200*50*50mm Chinese blue limestone brick-shaped paving, Quarter running bond pattern, lightly tumbled to give an aged edge and surface.
50mm thick kiln dried sand
Precast concrete kerb on mortar bed
10mm to 15mm gravel drainage Blue limestone paving
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Seasonal Interest
Summer
Remove diseased, damaged, congested or crossing shoots
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Cut back stems as the blooms fade to encourage further flower production Winter
Tree & Shrub
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Spring & Winter Light pruning
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Plant Iris and Anemone at the end of winter
Cut back at end of season
Cut back to bottom for pollards
Team work: Urban Design
Contemporary Artistic Hub
University of Sheffield 2018-2019
The urban design project will provide opportunities to explore part of Sheffield undergoing intensive regeneration and develop design solutions that contribute to this ongoing process. We approach this from a human perspective and ask how processes of regeneration and design can bring about urban places capable of sustaining fulfilled human lives. For Stage 1, we work as a group. Determining and analysising the key transitional edges, created characters and focus on their territorial experiences expressed through collective MYTO relations with a strategy for change. In stage 2, we focus on a specific aspect in detailed area: revitalizing the abandoned site in a way that both educates and creates a sense of artistic community for both local inhabitants and visitors.
SITE Sheffield
Site Analysis
Industrial
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Residential
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Commercial
Land use Mostly industrial uses, lack of variety. Limited Residential blocks.
Educational & Recreational Car Park Bus Route Tram Route Shared Path
Circulation Convenient public transport system around the area. Walking path along the river. Dead end road within the site, lack of permeability. Hidden Waterloo Walk, no sense of direction within the boundary.
Walk Path
L List Building
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Existing Users Commuter Worker Customer Elderly people Student
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Mine Your
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MYTO means people in a specific place, the feeling about space's ownership.
Character analysis& Desire
Concept Strategy
Transitional Edge Identification -Stream Graph Analysis
The numerical output from this enables the generation of ‘stream graphs’ which represent the unique sociospatial fingerprint of the transitional edge.
Quality of Segments Articulation Distinctiveness Appropriateness Occupation Temporality Openness
Segment
Articulation- Monotonous Material use, hard unbroke Distinctiveness- Segments are lack of distinctiveness, s prominence with surrounding surroundings. Appropriateness- Easily recognizable in existing segme
en facade with no benches. similar atmosphere and sensory
ents.
Occupation- Very limited opportunities for people to sit; stop; linger or engage. Temporality- Great capacity for changes within segments, easily to shift their functions. Openness- Accessibility and social engagement are very limited across segments;
After the regeneration
Detailed Area Conceptual development- Contemporary artistic hub
Microenvironment
Intergrated Urban Design Project University of Sheffield 2016-2017
Urban Forest
The regeneration aims to develop an urban park for both mixed functions residential and commercial. To create a place for people working in new employment space to enjoy, also provide a nice attractive residential neighbourhood area with mixeduse open space for surrounding people. To reduce the local flooding risk issues in this area. The regeneration functions of warehouses would be provided.
SITE Nottingham
Vegetation
Broadleaf Woodland Orchard garden Ornamental meadows Orchard garden Pocket park
A Water
Store water area Clean water area Flow under the ground Flow on the ground Permeable area
Spatial & circulation
Commercial area Green space Residential area
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Threshold Main Threshold Main Vechicle road Pedestrain & Cycle way
A
Swale: collect and clean rain water
Small hill area: block the view to the residential and commercial area, also providing open green space for recreation
Pedestrain beside the canal
A'
Wood board platform and steps on the water, engaging people to access water
Performing area with ornamental trees, creating movement and delighting users with different structure of plantings
Pedestrain and cycle way between dense woodland and ornamental tree groups
Dense woodland area create a forest feeling, it also make contrast with wider context.
Forest garden
Character A forest garden is a garden modelled on the structure of young natural woodland, using edible plants to benefit people. From shady tree groups and fruiting shrub tickets to arranged fruit tree garden with summer flowering ground cover species. This forest garden is to evolve and change over time, helping to reach the vision of the urban forest.
Aims • Build a low maintenance forest garden through using self-seeding plants and disease-resistant trees species. • Enrich the biodiversity of the site through various vegetation layers, creating different habitats for wildlife in garden interior. • Provide an unexpected experience for the public. Flowering and fruiting plants to enhance seasonal interests and interaction between people and landscape.
Management
Year1
5
Light tolerant perennial meadow mix with annuals added for a quick and colour display. Sow Campanula rapunculus's seed biennially in first four years in spring.
Irrigating water per week in a drought.
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Year 5 5
Check for vigorous growing gound covers. If one specie starts to dominate the area, remove part of this specie to ensure other ground covers' growth.
Plant Allium ursinum in winter or spring. Particular focus should be given to high priority areas along the footpath and at entrance points.
Putting up bat boxes. Install bird/bat boxes on trees from 1.5-3m above ground with different sized entry holes for different kinds of birds and bats. To avoid fruit maggots.
Productive shrubs are initially planted in groups of 2-3.
Prunus avium and Malus domestica will be planted evenly spaced. Protecting with spiral tree guards and competing vegetation is prevented with mulching.
Thining the tree groups allows for lateral growing space. For the ground cover, light demanding decline, shade tolerant plants will persist. Shade tolerants should be inserted under and around trees and shrubs in groups of 3/5 in summer.
Weeds control annual: Monitor the area for unwanted seedlings and weeds. Hand weed and spot treat with glyphosate if necessary.
Pruning Malus domestica every 2-3 years to maintain a supply of new wood and thus fruiting. For prunus avium, just cut out any diseased or dying wood between May and September to reduce the risk of introducing disease. Little prunning for Ribes rubrum and Ribes uva-crispa, unless there is a lack of new wood.
Sapling: Remove unwanted tree samplings by hand. Watch for Alnus which seeds liberally every 2-3 years.
Pieces of productive shade tolerant perennials begin to harvest.
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Pruned of Alnus cordata's lower branches up to halfway up the tree and coppiced shrubs below.
Coppicing Alnus cordata over the winter.Cutting all stems off low to the ground, as low as possible usually. Coppicing every 10 years
Doing pollard to fruit trees, basically coppicing higher, at 1-2m high every ten years.
After trees gain height, and with continued pruning, the ground layer can be developed further.
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Year 10 5
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Shade tolerant underplanting develops over time, characterised by flowering lower layer ground cover.
Flowering and fruit shrubs create an additional layer of interest and have a biodiversity value. Otherwise, shrub grow in a relatively shady area, it will grow taller and thinner than usual, and bear their fruits at a height that is kinder on backs and knees for harvesting.
Sustainable housing
Vibrant Village
Sheffield, UK University of Sheffield 2016-2017 1. 2 storeys terrace (Low impact to surrounding environment)
2. 4 storeys flat (Sustainable and affordable) 1. Proposed Everygreen Tree
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3. 1 storey community house 4. 1 storey recycle point
2. Existing Tree
3 5. Proposed Recycle Point
6. Proposed Path
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Building Type
7. Private garden
8. Proposed Specimen Tree
9. Proposed Bike Shed
11. Proposed Entrance of buildings
13. Proposed Detension Pond
17. Proposed Deciduous Tree
18. Proposed Ornamental Tree
19. Proposed Bridge
Water Management & Vegetation
This project is a concise community to provide healthy efficient use spaces and natural environment to enhance people‘s connection. It aims to create private spaces and open common spaces for residents. Also, it will provide different experience communal spaces between concise green spaces and natural woody edge areas. The bicycle path, pedestrian links will be the connecting network in the community.
Intern Work Can Li
Nantong, Jiangsu Kuanghe Architecture Ltd 2017-2018
Intern Work
Minghang, Shanghai Kuanghe Architecture Ltd 2017-2018
Chinese Aerospace research institute
549039906@qq.com Mzhou19941210@gmail.com +447738018720 +8617621751251 15 SUMMER ST, Sheffield S3 7NS 103-13, Jinjiangwenhua, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China